Richard Harnwell
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I'm finally ready to replace my old faithful Sony VPL-HW10 1080P projector with a (Faux) 4K one. As the room in question is used for about 60% gaming (mostly PS5 & Series X), 4K 120Hz and low latency is important, so I've settled on the Epson LS-12000B. I really like my old 1080P Onkyo THX Ultra TX-SR876 receiver (powering 7.1 speakers), and I'd devised what I thought was a cunning plan to avoid replacing it... A few people I see are using HDFury AV switches to allow the projector to work with DolbyVision signals. As they are also able to extract the audio signal from a 4K HDMI signal and send that audio alongside a blank HD video signal to a receiver, this seemed perfect for me.
I'm now thinking though, that I'm still going to be missing out. When I got the receiver I was using mostly with Blu Rays, so was able to get the benefit of 7.1 when included. Most of my film viewing is now 4K streaming. Am I right in thinking that the only way to get 7.1 from streaming content is via Dolby Atmos? I assume the HDfury boxes aren't able to extract the 7.1 channels from Atmos into something like Dolby TrueHD?
I obviously don't currently have ceiling speakers (as amp doesn't support them). I may add them in the future, but to be honest the cabling is already a bit of a nightmare for 7.1 channels!
Thanks for any thoughts.
[EDIT] - I guess maybe my Series X could decode Atmos and send the raw 7.1 channels to my receiver?
I'm now thinking though, that I'm still going to be missing out. When I got the receiver I was using mostly with Blu Rays, so was able to get the benefit of 7.1 when included. Most of my film viewing is now 4K streaming. Am I right in thinking that the only way to get 7.1 from streaming content is via Dolby Atmos? I assume the HDfury boxes aren't able to extract the 7.1 channels from Atmos into something like Dolby TrueHD?
I obviously don't currently have ceiling speakers (as amp doesn't support them). I may add them in the future, but to be honest the cabling is already a bit of a nightmare for 7.1 channels!
Thanks for any thoughts.
[EDIT] - I guess maybe my Series X could decode Atmos and send the raw 7.1 channels to my receiver?
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